space medicine

noun

1. the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.

space medicine

noun

1. See aviation medicine
   the branch of medicine concerned with the effects on man of flight outside the earth's atmosphere Compare aviation medicine

Word History and Origins

Origin of space medicine¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

On a Mars mission, “we really don’t know exactly what’s going to happen to humans when they get these types of exposures,” says Emmanuel Urquieta, a space medicine researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

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